poetic devices1
repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of text
alliteration
An implied comparison of unlike things
metaphor
Who wrote the poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"?
Robert Browning
Which device is used in the following lines?
"The river Weser, deep and wide,
Washes its wall on the southern side."
alliteration
What colors does the Pied Piper wear?
yellow and red
repetition of vowel sounds in a line of text
assonance
repetition of internal consonant sounds in a line of text
consonance
What type of poem is "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"?
a narrative poem
Which device is used in the following lines?
"And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled,
Like a candle-flame where salt is sprinkled"
simile
What does the Pied Piper want in payment?
1000 guilders
words that sound like their meanings
Onomatopoeia
commonly understood or public meaning of a word
denotation
In what country is Hamelin located?
Germany
Which device is used?
"They fought the dogs and killed the cats,
And bit the babies in the cradles,
And ate the cheeses out of the vats,
And licked the soup from the cooks’ own ladle’s,
Split open the kegs of salted sprats."
personification
Who refuses to pay the piper?
The Mayor
a stated comparison of unlike things using like or as
simile
individual emotional implications of private meaning of a word
connotation
What does the phrase "We'll send you packing" mean?
We'll make you go away. (informal)
Which device is used?
They "licked the soup from the cooks’ own ladle’s."
assonance
Who follows the Pied Piper when he blows his pipe for the second time?
children of Hamelin
Human traits given to inanimate objects
personification
Words whose ending sounds are alike
rhyme
Who offered to get rid of the vermin?
The Pied Piper
You heard as if an army muttered;
And the muttering grew to a grumbling;
And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling;
And out of the houses the rats came tumbling.
Onomatopoeia
Nor brighter was his eye, nor moister
Than a too-long-opened oyster,
Save when at noon his paunch grew mutinous
For a plate of turtle, green and glutinous
The Mayor